Purpose and Criteria for Selection
The person being nominated should have achieved distinction in one or more ways including but not limited to the following community service activities:
- Contributing towards building and uniting the informatics community in the Netherlands
- Demonstrably contributing to strengthening the position of the IPN community in the context of NWO, other academic research disciplines, industry and the Dutch ministries of Economic Affairs, and/or Education, Culture and Science
- Showing extraordinary tenacity, ingenuity and/or resourcefulness in acquiring funding for the IPN community
- Going well beyond the average performance requirements expected of an individual research or education employee of a participant of IPN and thus providing a model for others in community building, organisation and leadership
- Developing over a period of years a funding program beneficial to the IPN community of such depth and scope as to warrant special recognition
- Ensuring the better visibility and positioning of the Dutch ICT research community nationally and internationally
Eligibility
- Any employee of one of the current participants providing service or support to the IPN community.
- Current IPN Board members may neither be nominated nor nominate candidates
Nomination requirements
- A nomination may be supported by one or more individuals and/or organizations
- Nominations by a single organisation are also eligible
- Self-nominations and nominations from your own organization are welcome. At the same time, we encourage you to consider candidates from other organizations as well
Selection Committee
The IPN Board will select the winner. A member of the DEI WG of IPN will also be a member of the selection committee.
Submission deadline and nomination form
Nominate candidates for the IPN Service Award 2027 before 18 December 2026.
IPN Award Winners
- 2026 Prof. Lynda Hardman (CWI) and Prof. Inald Lagendijk (TU Delft)
- 2025 Prof. Maarten van Steen (UT)